In the heart of the Côte d’Azur, beautifully located at the foot of the crystalline foothills of the Southern Alps and just a few minutes from Nice-Côte d’Azur International Airport, Antibes Juan-les-Pins boasts one of the largest coastal areas in France, with its 25 kilometres of coastline.
A modern and enterprising city, as evidenced by Sophia-Antipolis and its avant-garde technological hubs, endowed with a prestigious past, it has remained a city to live in for everyone and everybody: a city of the future and of a particularly dynamic present.
HISTORY AND CULTURE
The history of Antibes Juan-les-Pins dates back several millennia. Ligurians, Ionians, Phoenicians and Etruscans all knew this exceptional site, before the Greeks created a trading post there in the fifth century BC that they named Antipolis.
Showered with privileges by the Romans, Antibes, a pontifical and royal city and the last French stronghold before the County of Nice and Italy, occupies a highly strategic position. Louis XIV entrusted the city’s development to Vauban, who drew up plans for the new ramparts and made some improvements to the Fort-Carré, originally built by Henry II.
The 20th century would see the city undergo exceptional expansion, after the attachment of the County of Nice to France, the creation of the Alpes-Maritimes department and the demolition of part of the old ramparts, which prevented the city from evolving.
Revolutionary technological changes, such as the railway and the automobile, the creation of the seaside resort of Juan-les-Pins and the prodigious tourist boom of the Côte d’Azur have come together to transform ancient Antipolis into the second city of the Alpes-Maritimes, rich in its exceptional past and future.
For more information, please visit the website of the Tourist & Convention Office.
JAZZ FESTIVAL
Antibes Juan-les-Pins, a city of arts and artists, hosts a large number of events throughout the year, attracting even the most demanding of guests – the most important of which is «Jazz à Juan», the first European international jazz festival.
Having hosted this pantheon of jazz since 1960, the attraction of this Antibes Juan-les-Pins festival is twofold. First, there is a rich line-up, faithful to an authentic jazz. But also, and perhaps above all, this festival remains a true laboratory, where it becomes clear to see that jazz music is still alive and kicking: first-rate opening acts and (free) concerts at the «Off» festival, while the bars of hotels and streets are packed with Brass Bands ...
An infinity of discoveries to be made, with music that is at once varied, pleasant and always on a human scale, within a legendary site between the beach and the stars. Since 1960, the saga of jazz has been written in Juan in all its immense diversity, developed by artists, newcomers and sacred giants, innovators or iconoclasts, classical and modern.
Beyond divisions and trends, it remains essential in more ways than one:
- Essential because of the talent of the artists who have performed there.
- Essential because of the diversity of the music that can be heard there.
- Finally, essential because of its exceptional influence, which makes it one of the most prestigious and effective vehicles of communication for Antibes Juan-les-Pins on the international scene.
For more information, we invite you to visit the website of the Jazz à Juan festival.
SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS
Sophia Antipolis, the leading European technopole, was dreamt up in 1969 around a key idea:« cross-fertilisation » between researchers, teachers and industrialists. It has become a world leader in innovation, with 2,230 companies employing 36,300 people from 63 different nationalities, 4,000 researchers and 5,000 students.
Sophia Antipolis has been attracting industry leaders, engineers and researchers from around the world for more than 40 years. Every year, an average of 800 new jobs are created in the technopole, which has subsequently become the leading destination for setting up R&D activities or those with high technological content.
The IT sector accounts for 20% of companies and 42% of jobs, and represents Sophia Antipolis’ core expertise.; Related specialities fall under the fields of health, chemistry, life sciences and the environment.
In each sector, SMEs and startups stand alongside world leaders: Amadeus, Cisco Systems, Dassault Systems, Orange, Hewlett Packard, Nvidia, Intel, Symantec, Air France, American Express, Toyota, Samsung, Huawei and more.
For more information, we invite you to visit the Sophia Antipolis technopole website.